Reviews and Problems with Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Showing 1-10 of 34

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

ccgr.org

22 October 2005

Excerpt: Not too long ago, LucasArts surprised us with the announcement of 'Jedi Academy' (I'll use JA from now on); the next in the long-running series of 'Dark Forces/Jedi Knight' games. An amazing announcement considering 'Jedi Outcast' (I'll use JO from now on) was just released last year, and the wait between 'Jedi Knight: Dark Forces' and JO had been a long 4 year wait.

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

Game Over Online

22 July 2005

Excerpt: Star Wars: Jedi Academy is certainly not the first Star Wars game for the Xbox. Many titles set in that universe have had their chance to grace the Microsoft console. Indeed, for followers, it seems like LucasArts has developed a delectable taste for the Xbox’s emphasis on whiz-bang graphics and digital surround sound, both trademarks of the filmmaking powerhouse behind LucasArts.

Expert Review

The Laser

29 February 2004

Summary: Is there anything more fulfilling than
brandishing your very own light saber, tearing through Imperial Stormtroopers,
nasty bounty hunters, and hell bent Dark Jedi like a knife through a stick of
warm butter? Anyone who's a fan of both Star Wars and video gaming would be a
liar if they said 'no'.

Expert Review

CVG

20 October 2003

Excerpt: Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the second Jedi Knight game developed by Raven. Their first effort in the series, Jedi Outcast, was met with success, both with critics and gamers. However, Jedi Academy has some pretty significant differences from the previous game. Is it an improvement? Well, let's first take a quick look at the whole series to see what's going on.

The Force Strikes Back

GIN

15 October 2003

Excerpt: With the pending release of Star Wars Episode III, Star Wars fans the world over have been whipped into a veritable frenzy with the promise of further adventures and merchandise based on that famous Galaxy far, far away. With great anticipation, I like many other gamers awaited the release of the new game Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy from the creative minds at Raven Software and Lucasarts.

Expert Review

GameSpot

15 September 2003

Summary: There are dozens of Star Wars games on the market, but none captures the excitement of lightsaber combat as well as the Jedi Knight games. Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the third game in the series, or, technically, the fourth if you count 1995's Dark Forces, which didn't bear the Jedi Knight name (and didn't let you use lightsabers or Force powers, either).

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

GameClubCentral

11 September 2003

Conclusion: Wrap-Up: If you�re a fan of the Jedi Games and you liked Jedi Outcast , then you�ll definitely like Jedi Academy . It has everything a Star Wars� fan needs. You might want to wait till the price drops a bit though so you don�t feel like you paid too much for what should have been an Add on Pack.

Expert Review

Homemademech

9 May 2005

Excerpt: Jedi Academy takes place ten years after the events in Return of the Jedi and Luke Skywalker and a handful of other Jedi (Including Kyle Katan the star of the previous Jedi Knight games) have set up an academy to train promising students to become Jedi, and become peacemakers of the galaxy . You play as Jaden Korr, a character where you have a somewhat limited control of sex species and appearance (see further down).

Jedi college has never been so appealing

Web Wombat

3 May 2005

Conclusion: And, once you've tired of the single player game, the multiplayer aspect has been sufficiently tweaked beyond the scope of past JK iterations, making it smell and taste better than ever. Yum.